So, it is Possible. But Everything Possible does not Occur. Is There Anything else Similar to this so that we could Accept it? How can we Accept the Occurrence of Something to which there are no Similar Cases, only Because it is Possible?

 

There are so many cases similar to it that they cannot be enumerated. For example, anyone with sound sight can ascend with his eyes from the ground to the planet Neptune in a second. Any astronomer can mount the laws of astronomy in his mind and travel beyond the stars in a minute. Anyone who believes can mount in thought on the acts and pillars of the prescribed prayers, and leaving the universe behind through some sort of Ascension, go as far as the Divine presence. Any perfected saint who sees with his heart can, through his spiritual journeying, traverse in forty days the Divine Throne and the spheres of His Names and attributes. Certain persons, even, like ‘Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani and Imam Rabbani, truthfully reported that they used to ascend spiritually as far as the Divine Throne in one minute.

Furthermore, the angels, whose bodies are of light, come and go between the ground and Divine Throne in a very short time. The people of Paradise will ascend to the gardens of Paradise from the Place of Gathering in a short period of time. Many examples such as these demonstrate that it is pure wisdom, and completely rational, and it undoubtedly occurred, that the Prophet Muhammad, upon him be peace and blessings, who is the lord of all the saints, the leader of all the believers, the head of all the people of Paradise, and is accepted by all the angels, made an ascension which would be the means of his spiritual journeying (beyond the ranks of sainthood), and that it would be in a form appropriate to his position.

 

This article has been adapted from Risale- i Nur Collection.